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BELMONT TUNNEL CLOSING EVENT WITH A STEVE GRODY SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION

The Legendary Belmont Tunnel Exhibit was one to remember and we closed off the show with a great slideshow presentation by Steve Grody and Carlos Marquez. They took us all the way back to early/mid 1980's. Then brought us through the late 80's, 90's, and all the way to when the Tunnel was destroyed in 2004-05.

Steve Grody explaining Belmont graffiti art

Steve Grody doing the slideshow

Some of the audience members enjoying the show..

Cre8 saying a few words to the crowd

good info passed on

It was a stroll down memory lane and an homage to all the style pioneers of Los Angeles!

Read up on what the LA Weekly had to say about it:
Click here to read more..

LEGENDARY BELMONT TUNNEL EXHIBITION

THE LEGENDARY BELMONT TUNNEL
"A Tribute to the Birthplace of Los Angeles Graffiti Art"
Curated by Carlos Marquez

With the influx of Hip Hop culture from the East Coast in the early 1980's, the graffiti movement began to take shape in Los Angeles. Young graffiti artists began searching for their own voice and spaces to create. One space that became crucial to that development was the Belmont Tunnel. Due to its central location in Downtown LA and open layout surrounded with massive walls, it quickly became the city's most popular urban canvas. Over the next 20+ years, Belmont became a meeting place for hundreds of developing graffiti artists to hone their craft, settle their differences through graff battles, and pass on codes of ethics to the next generation. Although the tunnel no longer exists and has now been turned into The Belmont Station apartments, the impact it had on the development of Los Angeles graffiti art will not be forgotten..

The exhibition features photographs, paintings, prints and giclees by the following exhibiting Legendary LA Artists:

Acme, Aloy, Antonio Pelayo, Axis, BaBa, Besk, Bumper, Cab, Cale, Charlie, Cre8, Dash, Danny D, Defer, Duster, Earnone, Elser, Eriberto Oriol, Fearo, Fever, Frame, Frank Martinez, Gabe, Genius, Ghostone, Gilone, Graf One, Grande, Hex, Hyde, Jero, Jiro, Kopy, Make, Mandoe, Man One, Mosh, Nuke, OG Abel, Omega, Pale, Panic, Relax, Relic, Retna, Rickone, Risky, Ruets, Saber, Sacred194, Shandu, Siner, Size, Skept, Skyone, Sleez, Swan, Teler, Volt, Vox, Vyal, Wisk, Zender...and others

Eriberto Wall of Belmont Photos...
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Big Can Wall...
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Skate Deck wall...
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Slickster...
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Charlie DTK...
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Cale and Besk...
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Vox, Acme, Precise, Mirage...
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Hex LOD, the ungifted one!...
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Belmont by Fearo...
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Great piece by Jakoh...
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Dragon piece by Jiro...
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Skept..
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Tons of photos of the exhibit here...
Flickr.com/crewestman



Exhibit runs thru June 28th and is viewable during normal gallery hours:
Tues-Thur: Noon-7pm, Fri-Sat: Noon-8pm, Sun: Noon-6pm
Closed Mondays

For more info please email us at info@crewest.com.
www.crewest.com

BELMONT TUNNEL CAN SKATE DECK!

In promotion for our June exhibit "The Legendary Belmont Tunnel"
We are currently taking pre-orders on this incredible skate deck
designed by Kartune K2S specifically for this show.



Limited numbered edition of 50
Only $60 each

ORDER NOW!

Pre-orders will ship out Monday June 8, 2009
(or you may opt to pick it up at Crewest on opening night on June 6, 2009 and get it signed by all the og legends who rocked the Belmont!)